Matt Gillick
@mattysquabbles.bsky.social
Dirtbag scribbles. Managing editor of Cult. Magazine.
Examine me: https://www.mattgillick.com/awards-and-publications
Examine Cult: https://www.cultmag.net/
I’m also the wife of ANTIFA General Portland McRibbit
Examine me: https://www.mattgillick.com/awards-and-publications
Examine Cult: https://www.cultmag.net/
I’m also the wife of ANTIFA General Portland McRibbit
Deciphering my scribbled markups today. The emotional pendulum swing of looking at fresh layer of polish on a piece only to realize you need so much more work now is miserable. But I’m doing it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Deciphering my scribbled markups today. The emotional pendulum swing of looking at fresh layer of polish on a piece only to realize you need so much more work now is miserable. But I’m doing it.
Van Jones discusses the lack of warmth from Zohran.
Rich to hear that from a guy who pals around with real antisemites like Candace Owens.
Mamdani was called a barbarian, an animal, a blood-thirsty reptile for months, and Van Jones wants a bedside manner?
Liberal punditry is a disease.
Rich to hear that from a guy who pals around with real antisemites like Candace Owens.
Mamdani was called a barbarian, an animal, a blood-thirsty reptile for months, and Van Jones wants a bedside manner?
Liberal punditry is a disease.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Van Jones discusses the lack of warmth from Zohran.
Rich to hear that from a guy who pals around with real antisemites like Candace Owens.
Mamdani was called a barbarian, an animal, a blood-thirsty reptile for months, and Van Jones wants a bedside manner?
Liberal punditry is a disease.
Rich to hear that from a guy who pals around with real antisemites like Candace Owens.
Mamdani was called a barbarian, an animal, a blood-thirsty reptile for months, and Van Jones wants a bedside manner?
Liberal punditry is a disease.
More revision tonight. This piece is the longest of the collection and probably the hardest to polish. No constraints on this one, just let myself fly, so it’s a matter of getting it right without losing altitude.
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
More revision tonight. This piece is the longest of the collection and probably the hardest to polish. No constraints on this one, just let myself fly, so it’s a matter of getting it right without losing altitude.
John McWhorter has about as much credibility to talk about words and diction as I do with being a mechanic.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
John McWhorter has about as much credibility to talk about words and diction as I do with being a mechanic.
Letting the beard go this week as the better half and I embark on a little journey further north.
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Letting the beard go this week as the better half and I embark on a little journey further north.
Yeah, I’m never getting a book out there. But who cares. I got some pretty solid work out there. Anyone scrolling along here and likes my scribbles, just hit me up.
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Yeah, I’m never getting a book out there. But who cares. I got some pretty solid work out there. Anyone scrolling along here and likes my scribbles, just hit me up.
Finally revising this manuscript. I guess I just need to fully feel how awful it is to continue proving myself wrong in the process.
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Finally revising this manuscript. I guess I just need to fully feel how awful it is to continue proving myself wrong in the process.
It really sucks to have all this hope for something and then someone doesn’t even get back to you.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It really sucks to have all this hope for something and then someone doesn’t even get back to you.
An agent asked for my manuscript in March of this year and has not responded since I sent the manuscript over. I’ve followed up twice now. Does this just always happen?
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
An agent asked for my manuscript in March of this year and has not responded since I sent the manuscript over. I’ve followed up twice now. Does this just always happen?
AI is an illiteracy project.
October 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
AI is an illiteracy project.
Cool to see Coover on a display table at a pretty major city bookseller.
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Cool to see Coover on a display table at a pretty major city bookseller.
Reposted by Matt Gillick
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Trying to get another 800 words in tonight. This first draft took me just over four months spit out. Hoping I can get this done by year-end.
October 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trying to get another 800 words in tonight. This first draft took me just over four months spit out. Hoping I can get this done by year-end.
Oh boi, here I go.
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Oh boi, here I go.
My latest piece in Sybil Journal.
'Humphrey Catskill: Remembered', by Matt Gillick — Sybil
God says you can’t abandon your children. I did that and now I’ve been forced to live like this: afraid.
www.sybiljournal.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My latest piece in Sybil Journal.
I got a new piece out today in Sybil Journal and I’m grateful they saw merit in this harrowing piece of fiction.
For twenty of you out there, I hope you get something out of reading this.
For twenty of you out there, I hope you get something out of reading this.
'Humphrey Catskill: Remembered', by Matt Gillick — Sybil
God says you can’t abandon your children. I did that and now I’ve been forced to live like this: afraid.
www.sybiljournal.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I got a new piece out today in Sybil Journal and I’m grateful they saw merit in this harrowing piece of fiction.
For twenty of you out there, I hope you get something out of reading this.
For twenty of you out there, I hope you get something out of reading this.
Alternating between James McBride and HP Lovecraft is like having a great burger with tasty, though exotic, melted cheese that reeks of death.
October 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Alternating between James McBride and HP Lovecraft is like having a great burger with tasty, though exotic, melted cheese that reeks of death.
More research tonight. This time about a fellow, though more disagreeable scribbler.
September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
More research tonight. This time about a fellow, though more disagreeable scribbler.
I’m finishing this story today. The first draft at least. The clock ticks and time does not linger. Routines are good for when other things are going well. This hour calls for the mad dash.
September 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m finishing this story today. The first draft at least. The clock ticks and time does not linger. Routines are good for when other things are going well. This hour calls for the mad dash.
1,033 words today. I’m grateful to aspire putting something out there.
September 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
1,033 words today. I’m grateful to aspire putting something out there.
Starting a story on the last decent president of my lifetime. He’s going to love it…nothing but glowing things to say...
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Starting a story on the last decent president of my lifetime. He’s going to love it…nothing but glowing things to say...
Two more stories to go!
September 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Two more stories to go!
More words. 843 to be exact.
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
More words. 843 to be exact.
I will write or I’ll never find that pocket of happiness.
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I will write or I’ll never find that pocket of happiness.
800 more words for my horror take set in the Playboy Mansion, which is also supposed to be funny.
September 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
800 more words for my horror take set in the Playboy Mansion, which is also supposed to be funny.